Light Posting from 18th November to 8th December
By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
Due to editorial holiday, there will be light posting from 18th November to 8th December. Regular posting will resume on 9th December.
Review of “Plastic: An Autobiography” by Allison Cobb
By Frank Kaminski, Mud City Press
"Plastic" is a beautifully written, intricate mosaic that weaves memoir, poetry, cultural and scientific history, chemistry, biography, etymology, journalistic reportage and self-reflection into a penetrating rumination on humanity’s relationship with plastic.
The Black Tears of the Sea (documentary film review}
By Frank Kaminski, Mud City Press
A little-known menace lurks beneath the sea. In oceans around the world, thousands of sunken World War II vessels litter the seafloor, their fuel tanks rusting away and either actively leaking or poised to leak their contents into the environment.
Review: Power by Richard Heinberg
By Frank Kaminski, Mud City Press
A brilliant and searching probe into power in all its forms, this book shows how our species’ pursuit, overuse and abuse of power is plunging us ever deeper into existential crisis.
Review: The New Possible
By Frank Kaminski, Mud City Press
The New Possible is an eclectic assortment of essays by activists, experts and other prominent figures from around the world. The thread that ties them together is a recognition that, for all the harm it has caused, the COVID-19 pandemic has opened up exciting new possibilities for societal change.
Breaking Boundaries (documentary film review)
By Frank Kaminski, Mud City Press
Breaking Boundaries is a well-intentioned but bungled documentary about the ecological destruction currently being wrought by industrial humanity.
Review: Life After Fossil Fuels by Alice Friedemann
By Frank Kaminski, Mud City Press
While many of the above facts are well known among those who follow the subject of fossil fuel depletion, they aren't often presented as accessibly or concisely as in Friedemann's book Life After Fossil Fuels.
My Octopus Teacher (documentary film review)
By Frank Kaminski, Mud City Press
My Octopus Teacher is both a gorgeous wildlife documentary and a moving tale of how a man in crisis found joy and purpose through immersion in nature and a remarkable relationship with an octopus.
Review: The Economic Superorganism by Carey W. King
By Frank Kaminski, Mud City Press
In this aptly titled book, University of Texas research scientist Carey W. King argues that the modern-day global economy is a superorganism.